Hopefully you already know that Japanese billionaire Yusaka Maezawa (MZ is his nickname) has purchased an entire set of seats – 12 total – for a SpaceX Starship flight around the moon in 2023. If you haven’t seen an inspiring video with MZ and Elon Musk about this dearMoon mission, I’ll provide a link below. […]
On Saturday, February 6th, 2021, I’m happy and grateful to be the guest speaker for the monthly meeting of the North Houston Space Society. If you want to learn how books aimed specifically at children can help us achieve a better future with space exploration, I hope you’ll join us. Go to the space society’s […]
Exploring in simulated lunar caves. Launching high altitude balloons. Programming robots and autonomous vehicles. Designing and producing objects with 3-D printers. This is how advancing careers in space is done with the WEX Foundation, an educational nonprofit based in San Antonio, Texas, that happens to be founded by a sought-after space architect, Sam Ximenes. The […]
The sooner we can bring people into a happy, successful, and fulfilling life trajectory, the better. This is the conclusion that I have been moving toward as I ask myself what other books I can make that are related to rocket science, space exploration, aerospace, and aviation. If we are ever going to realize our […]
What is the youngest age that we can inspire kids with the topic of space exploration? As someone who wants to see more “rocket scientists” in the world, that is a question I’ve been asking myself as 2020 comes to a close. For the teachers and educators out there – When is the soonest in […]
Watch my interview with Nathan Price from CountdownToTheMoon.org about NASA’s return of humans to the moon in 2024.
This is a special guest post from Elizabeth Kennick, President of Teachers in Space Did you know, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do your own space research? Teachers in Space has helped teachers, students, and other space enthusiasts build, fly, and collect data from low cost experiments since 2012. From eleventh-graders […]
This is an exciting time to be alive. We are in a “new space” era thanks to a growing movement of private and commercial space ventures. Humans last walked on the moon before most of us were alive to see it. That is going to change. We will also see people go to space as tourists. As business […]
I am thrilled to provide this guest article from Adriano Autino, the President and co-founder of Space Renaissance International. Whether you are technically a rocket scientist or not, or ever will be one, the space renaissance is open to everyone who chooses to join it. If you share the values of SRI, as I do, […]
100 years. That is how long it has been since humanity has seen a deadly global pandemic. Early 2020 has provided much of humanity with an abundance of time and solitude to reflect. To assess our current situation. And to think about how we will move ahead with the rest of our lives. One consequence […]
